Switzerland

Question 1

What are the Four national languages of Switzerland?

Answer 1

French, German, Italian, and Romansch

Question 2

How many cantons make up Switzerland?

Answer 2

26 nearly autonomous cantons

Question 3

In western Switzerland, what four French-speaking cantons produce wine?

Answer 3

Valais, Vaud, Geneva, and Neuchâtel

Question 4

How many German-speaking cantons practice viticulture in eastern Switzerland?

Answer 4

17

Question 5

What The Italian-speaking canton in the south borders Italy’s Lombardy region?

Answer 5

Ticino

Question 6

What does Ticino almost exclusively focus on?

Answer 6

the Merlot grape

Question 7

Aside from Chasselas, what other grapes are also widespread?

Answer 7

Müller-Thurgau and Sylvaner

Question 8

What is Sylvaner known locally as?

Answer 8

Johannisberg

Question 9

Among the red varieties, what are commonly encountered?

Answer 9

Pinot Noir and Gamay

Question 10

Name some native white varieties

Answer 10

Amigne of Vétroz and Petite Arvine

Question 11

Where is Petite Arvine more often encountered?

Answer 11

Italy’s Valle d’Aosta

Question 12

What is the most important canton in Switzerland for wine production and is responsible for over 40% of the nation’s annual output?

Answer 12

Valais

Question 13

The Valais’s vineyard area is clustered along the banks of what river?

Answer 13

the Rhône River, establishing Valais as the river’s northernmost appellation

Question 14

What are the Valais’s most widely produced wines?

Answer 14

Fendant (Chasselas) and Dôle

Question 15

What is Dôle?

Answer 15

a blend of Pinot Noir and Gamay

Question 16

What is one of Switzerland’s oldest indigenous grapes, and produces the rare Valais specialty Vin des Glacier?

Answer 16

Rèze

Question 17

What is Vin des Glacier?

Answer 17

a maderized wine stored in high altitude soleras, only a few parcels remain planted today

Question 18

What lies on the north shores of Lake Geneva and borders France’s Jura region?

Answer 18

The Vaud

Question 19

What is the Vaud dominated by?

Answer 19

the cultivation of Chasselas, locally known as Dorin

Question 20

In 2010, the Vaud appellation system was simplified, bracketing the former 26 village AOCs into what 6 regional AOCs?

Answer 20

1. Chablais
2. La Côte
3. Lavaux
4. Vully
5. Bonvillars
6. Côtes de l’Orbe

Question 21

What may be mentioned on the bottle in the Vaud?

Answer 21

Approved villages

Question 22

What 2 Grand Crus retain their individual status in the Vaud?

Answer 22

Dézaley and Calamin

Question 23

What now exists in the Vaud?

Answer 23

a premier cru designation

Question 24

In the Vaud, what is Salvagnin?

Answer 24

a blend of Gamay, Pinot Noir, and the crossings Gamaret and Garanoir

Question 25

What contains the country’s densest plantings?

Answer 25

Geneva, a small canton on the southwestern shore of Lake Geneva

Question 26

What is Savagnin Blanc known as in the Valais?

Answer 26

Heida

Question 27

What is Marsanne known as in the Valais?

Answer 27

Ermitage

Question 28

Name some native red grapes of the Valais

Answer 28

Humagne Rouge, Cornalin, Diolinoir, Gamaret, Garanoir, Ancellotta, Carminoir, Galotta, Durize, Eyholzer Roter

Question 29

What is the cepage for Dole?

Answer 29

Min. 85% combined Pinot Noir and Gamay, plus Garanoir, Gamaret, Ancellotta, Diolinoir, Carminoir, Merlot, Syrah

Question 30

What is the Charte Grain Noble ConfidenCiel?

Answer 30

A label seal of quality for traditional sweet wines, created in 1996 in the Valais

Question 31

What are the allowed varieties of the Charte Grain Noble ConfidenCiel?

Answer 31

Ermitage, Petite Arvine, Amigne, Johannisberg, Malvoisie, Paien (Heida, Savagnin)

Question 32

Name Grand Crus of the Valais AOC

Answer 32

Conthey, Fully, Saint-Léonard, Salquenen, Vétroz

Question 33

What are the subregions of Ticino?

Answer 33

- Sopraceneri - (Above) North of Monte Ceneri | - Sottoceneri (Below) South of Monte Cenari

Question 34

What are the subdivisions of Neuchâtel?

Answer 34

La Béroche The Coast Entre-deux-Lacs

Question 35

What is the Neuchâtel Specialty of Oeil-de-Perdrix?

Answer 35

Rosé of Pinot Noir. (Originated here but the Canton failed to protect the name.)

Question 36

What is the Neuchâtel Specialty of Non Filtré?

Answer 36

Released on the third Wednesday in January at an official tasting in the city's town hall. Bottled without filtering the yeast.

Question 37

What is the Neuchâtel Specialty of Perdrix Blanc?

Answer 37

Still Blanc de Pinot Noir

Question 38

What are the subregions of Geneva?

Answer 38

Mandement Entre Arve et Rhone Entre Arve et Lac